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Salman Khan poaching case: Court to pronounce verdict today

The Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur is expected to pronounce
its verdict on Monday in the blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases related to
actor Salman Khan, officials said on Sunday.

Salman has appealed before the High Court challenging the trial
court's verdict that had sentenced him to one year and five years' jail term,
respectively, in the two separate cases of poaching. The hearing in the cases was
completed in the last week of May and the decision was reserved by the High Court.

If the High Court upholds the lower court's verdict, the
Bollywood superstar will have to go to Jodhpur Central Jail once again.

The ‘Sultan’ actor is accused of hunting three endangered
chinkaras and a blackbuck, along with his co-stars, while shooting for Sooraj
Barjatya’s 1998 film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’ in Rajasthan. The animals was killed
at Bhawad on the outskirts of Jodhpur on September 26, 1998, and the other at
Ghoda Farms on September 28.